Slaughter v. State

Thomas Wayne SLAUGHTER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Decided March 8, 1990.

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1990-03-08

Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently September 2003 · most notably 575 So. 2d 683 - Williams v. City of Minneola (1991), 576 So. 2d 953 - Saavedra v. State (1991)

34 state decisions

Relies on 515 So. 2d 161 - Carawan v. State · Bryant v. American Lumber & Home Center, Inc.

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1990-03-08

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¶1Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer and Paula S. Saunders, Asst. Public Defenders, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and A.E. (Ned) Pooser, IV, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

¶3PER CURIAM.

¶4We accepted Slaughter v. State, 538 So.2d 509 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989), for review based on apparent conflict with Carawan v. State, 515 So.2d 161 (Fla. 1987). Upon examination of the record and consideration of argument by counsel, we have determined that jurisdiction was granted improvidently. Accordingly, this cause is dismissed.

¶5It is so ordered.

¶6EHRLICH, C.J., and OVERTON, McDONALD, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.

¶7NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ENTERTAINED BY THIS COURT.